Kode9

Kode9

2 July @ Garden Club, Wellington Steve Goodman, aka Kode9, is a crucial figure in the world of the dubstep. As well as producing his own brand of dark, futuristic dub music, he runs the Hyperdub…

Reality Chant single release

Reality Chant Single Release

Media release: Fyah Bed & Goodness Gracious Single Release Release Date: 6 July 2009 Label: Reality Chant Productions Online Distributor: Soundquake Reality Chant Productions proudly present the…

Dapht One

Dapht One – July 2009

Dapht One is a forward thinking MC, DJ and promoter with a focus on growing and developing the Aotearoa bass culture scene. After starting out as a bedroom and 'drunk at that party' MC on Waiheke…

Meditronica

Ashtech & Polcari – Meditronica

Meditronica is a dub project by Ashtech and Polcari and features the talents of Dub Gabriel and Eraldo Bernocchi along with vocalists Raiz and Poppy Kinlogh. The album is due for release in June 2009…

Hikoikoi

Hikoikoi (self-titled)

Ah, Hikoikoi! Pure craft. If you enjoy a finely composed piece of art as much as the obligatory 'good tune', Hikoikoi deliver. Like to hear complex jazz arrangements and technique played as if it's…

Ashtech

Interview with Ashtech

Can you introduce yourself and tell us a bit about your musical background?  How did you get into music? I got into music when I was very young, I used to listen to electro , techno and hip-hop and…

Reality Chant – Single Release Party

When: Friday 12 June 2009, 10pm till late Where: Vintage Bar - Basement, 25 Taranaki Street, Wellington Featuring: Reality Chant Sound (Messenjah, Christchurch), Yardwise (Spin Zero, Misteek &…

The Monthly Tune-Up

When: Friday 10pm 26th Jun 2009 - 3am Where: Havana - 24 Wigan Street, Wellington Featuring: The Audio Mechanics, Art Official, Sticky Fingaz & MC Silva (AKLD) Price: Free! Come to Havana Bar,…

Silva

Silva MC – June 2009

Silva, AKA Tanya Dyer, hails from central Auckland where she grew up on the streets of Mt Roskill and Grey Lynn and spent much of her childhood years with the Twelve Tribes of Israel New Zealand. Her…

Interview with 1814

NiceUp talks to Patu Colbert from Aotearoa reggae band, 1814, about how the group has evolved and their works in 2009.

Rude Mechanicals Remixes cover

Pitch Black – Rhythm Sound and Movement – Rude Mechanicals Remixes

Pitch Black have been consistently producing high quality electronica since the formative days of New Zealand's dance music scene in the mid-90s. Having first made a name for themselves by playing…

Jah Rydem

1814 – Jah Rydem

1814 are an 8-piece roots reggae band, hailing from Whangaroa Harbour and Kerikeri in beautiful Northland.  The bands name relates to the date that missionary Samuel Marsden held the first sermon in…